Facts in Q&A format

Nairobi City County generated an estimated 3 million tonnes and collected an estimated 1.6 million tonnes of solid waste in 2019. These numbers are provisional.

The area of Mount Kenya’s glaciers (ice masses) decreased by an estimated 44% from 2004 to 2016. If the glaciers continue to shrink at current rates, one estimate predicts their extinction before 2030. 

In 2019, a total of 594 rhinos were poached – a decline from 769 in 2018.

On September 15 2020, the Zimbabwe government announced changes to the country’s agro-ecological boundaries, which had been in place since the 1960s. Agro-ecological zones are identified based on the “distribution of soil, land surface and climate”, says the United Nations’ Food and…

Wildebeest were the most common (288,000) in Kenya’s rangelands, followed by zebras (106,500) and gazelles (103,900).

In 2018, Kenya had 22 national parks, 28 national reserves, five national sanctuaries and four forest reserves, according to the National Wildlife Strategy 2030, published by the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife. This made up 66,415 km2 – or 11.7% – of Kenya’s land area, which is 569,140 km2,…

In 2016, nuclear power was the source of an estimated 12,305 GWh (5.2%) of the electricity available for distribution. Coal contributed 203,054 GWh (85.7%). (Note: these are preliminary numbers.)

South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt are in the top bracket of African emitters of greenhouse gases. Africa as continent is one of the lowest greenhouse gas polluters, but because of poverty and other risk factors, it remains vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

The country generated an estimated 34.6 million tonnes of solid waste in 2016.More: What a waste: fact-checking four claims about Nigeria’s garbage problem